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DAILY NEWSJul18, 2010 5:00 PM
NICKEL-COPPERMINING: Shakespeare mine hits target
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ONTARIO- Toronto-based Ursa Major Minerals says that fullcommercial production has been reached at its Shakespeare nickel-coppermine since operations were resumed in June 2010. The mine is located 70km west of Sudbury, and the ore is shipped to Xstrata Nickel'sStrathcona mill for treatment.
Material shipped to the mill in May and June averaged 0.40% Ni,0.45% Cu, 0.025% Co and 1.04 g/t precious metals. Ursa Major anticipatesproducing 1.1 million lb of nickel, 1.7 million lb of copper, 55,000 lbof cobalt and 3,100 oz of precious metals by the end of 2010.
Ursa Major is planning to use cash flow from production to fundexploration at its other properties including the past-producing NickelOffsets project.